I voluntered to make 3-4 meals for a family at my church and they cannot have milk. I guess margerine is fine. I looked at another questions that a mama source member posted about dairy free recipes but I would like more opinions. I was hoping to be able to make them at least 4 meals that they can freeze. Thanks for your help!
Recipe Finder has an advanced search option where you can choose different parameters under which to search. You can click "exclude dairy" for example. The recipes are rated by users so you can be somewhat confident about their quaility. See http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action....
Hi Abbey
I just used the Google Search engine and keyed in "dairy free freezer meal recipes".
There are a whole bunch of links out there.
Hope this helps.
Tator tot-hotdish is always good and meatloaf too. I have great recipe for meatloaf if you are interested. :)
can they have soy or rice milk? you might be able to use either of those or goats milk to replace any milk in a recipe. We do that frequently with our stuff. If they are lactose intolerant rather than actually allergic, Lactaid milk would work too (but not if they are allergic).
My daughter and I can't have dairy either. Be careful if you are substituting the soy milk for regular milk. It doesn't cook the same, especially if you bake something. I substitute almond milk when I bake or even breakfast type items. I know you are doing dinner, but breakfast for dinner could be fun sometimes. We make a whole loaf of cinnamon chunk bread into french toast or pancakes and freeze them. They are so handy to reheat! You could add some fruit to it and make it a meal. Also, there are quite a few pasta recipes that call for cheese so long as it is only a little I just eliminate it for us. Chicken noodle soup is also a really easy one and you could toss in some bread sticks. Good luck!
Chili, burritos, soups, beef stew
My son has a milk allergy along with many others and have learned the most simple things he can have. Meats,potatoes,rice and veggies. If you stick to those as your main item then add what you can such as broth's,homemade gravies(using soy or rice milk). Usually the cream soups, spaghetti sauce have milk in them. So you have to be very careful to read the ingredients to be sure.If I think of anymore I will let you know.
B.
Vegetable soup! I just made some wonderful, homemade veggie soup. It froze and reheated wonderfully. I just used store bought vegetable stock, and then veggies from the farmer's market. I had peas, green beans, and carrots. I minced a clove or two of garlic for flavor. I threw in some wild rice because we had some left over, but rice would be optional.
In the past, I've froze meatloaf and chili with good success.
And you know what--dairy (milk, sour cream, cheese) does not freeze well, anyway.
Abbey, ask them for sure what they can have. My daughter is lactose intolerant (different from an allergy, so be sure...) and she cannot have margerine in most cases, but she does OK with real butter. Margerine almost always has whey or non-fat milk added to it to make it more "buttery". True butter doesn't have that much lactose due to the way it's made.
My daughter can also have cheddar - no lactose, but not mozzerella - lots of lactose. It is a pain, but you get used to it. Dishes with hamburger, red sauces, pasta (but watch the cheese), stir frys, soups & breads, etc. are all good. So nice of you to help out!
